CALENDAR

FRIDAY

Cibolo Nature Center & Farm: Family Night Hike — Bats and Reptiles and fireflies, moths, owls and other nocturnal creatures, 8-9:30 p.m. $8 members; $10 non-members. RSVP at cibolo.org/calendar.

Guadalupe River State Park: Night Hike for all ages, 8-9:30 p.m. Free. Entrance fee applies. RSVP at holly.platz@tpwd.texas.gov. Reserve day pass at twpd.texas.gov.

SATURDAY

Mitchell Lake Audubon Center: Beginner Bird Walk, 8-10 a.m. $10; free for members. Entrance fee applies. Also Sept. 25. Click on mitchelllake.audubon.org.

Guadalupe River State Park: Honey Creek Nature Hike, with guide explaining cultural and natural history of the area, 9-11:30 a.m. Also Sept. 4, 5, 11,12, 18, 19 & 25. Free. Entrance fee applies. To RSVP, click on tpwd.texas.gov, find the park and click on events. Reserve day pass at twpd.texas.gov.

Garner State Park: Guided Hike to Crystal Cave, 9-11 a.m. Meet at the pavilion in the Oakmont camping area at 8:50 a.m. Call 830-834-0419 or email shaylee.burns@tpwd.texas.gov Free. Entrance fee applies. Reserve day pass at twpd.texas.gov.

Garner State Park: Stars of Garner State Park, stargazing through telescopes with the San Antonio Astronomical Association, 8:30 p.m.; overflow parking lot north of the Visitor Center. Call 830-834-0419 or email shaylee.burns@tpwd.texas.gov. Free. Entrance fee applies. Reserve day pass at twpd.texas.gov.

SUNDAY

Guadalupe River State Park: Archery in the Park, best for ages 10 and older, drop by between 9-11 a.m. Meet at the Rust House. Free. Entrance fee applies. Call (830) 214-3635 or email holly.platz@tpwd.texas.gov. Reserve day pass at twpd.texas.gov.

WEDNESDAY

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department: Online application deadline 11:59 p.m. for drawn hunts for E-postcard archery white-tailed deer, private lands antlerless/spike and either sex and youth deer either sex. Go to tpwd.texas.gov, click hunting tab and scroll to “public hunting;” email hunt@tpwd.texas.gov or call 512-389-4505.

WEDNESDAY & SEPT. 3

San Antonio Family Association: 10th annual Charity Dove Hunt; Sept. 1, Hondo — $160 a gun, adults; $80 a gun, minors; Labor Day hunt noon Sept. 3 just east of Hondo, Paloma Pachanga Pavilion, $325 a gun, adults; $250 a gun, minors; includes sausage lunch and steak dinner. Click on sanantoniofamilyassociation.com.

SEPT. 4

Fin Addict Angler Foundation: Free fishing clinic for ages 5 to 16, 9 a.m.-noon, Padre Park, 6515 Padre Drive. All equipment provided. Adults must accompany children. Register at finaddictangler.org.

SEPT. 5

Mitchell Lake Audubon Center: Guided Bird Tour by car and by foot to see 30-50 different species, 8-11 a.m. Also Sept. 12, 19 & 26. Entrance fee applies. Click on mitchelllake.audubon.org.

SEPT. 7

Alamo Arms Collectors Association: Monthly meeting, 6:30 p.m., San Pedro Church of Christ, 311 Jackson-keller Road.

Nonmembers welcome.

SEPT. 11

South Texas Marksmanship Training Center: Smallbore Prone, F Class, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Black Hawk Range, 12135 Jarratt Road, Atascosa. For questions, click on southtexasshooting.org or email wsnunn@gvtc.com.

Guadalupe River State Park: Star Party, stargazing through telescopes with the San Antonio Astronomical Association, drop in between 8:30-10:30 p.m. Meet at the overflow parking area. Also Oct. 16, Nov. 13 & Dec. 11. Free. Entrance fee applies. Call (830) 214-3635 or email holly.platz@tpwd.texas.gov . Reserve day pass at twpd.texas.gov.

SEPT. 15

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department: Online application deadline 11:59 p.m. for drawn hunts for E-postcard quail, youth archery deer and youth deer, gun deer antlerless/ spike and either sex and other hunts. Go to tpwd.texas.gov, click hunting tab and scroll to “public hunting;” email hunt@tpwd.texas.gov or call 512-389-4505.

SEPT. 18

South Texas Marksmanship Training Center: Basic defensive rifle tactical training, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Black Hawk Range, 12135 Jarratt Road, Atascosa. Drill requires 350 rounds of ammunition. $20 for members; $35 for non-members. Preregistration is required. Email tactics@southtexasshooting.org. For questions, click on southtexasshooting.org or call Fredd Bergman at 210-6199340.

SEPT. 25

Fin Addict Angler Foundation: 10th annual Kayak Tournament, 6 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Calaveras Lake, 12991 Bernhardt Road. Open division, $65; women’s division, $55; youth age 16 and younger, free. Proceeds benefit the foundation. Register at finaddictangler.org.

South Texas Marksmanship Training Center: CMP/ GSM Garand Training Match, 50-shot, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., CTSA Range at Dietz Gun Shop and Shooting Range Complex, 421 Range Road, New Braunfels. Click on southtexasshooting.org or email Steven Seabolt, stmtchighpower@gmail.com.

Padre Island National Seashore: No entrance fee to commemorate National Public Lands Day at all national parks. Call 361-949-8068 or click on nps.gov.

OCT. 1

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department: Online application deadline 11:59 p.m. for E-postcard deer, waterfowl and other species. Go to tpwd.texas.gov, click hunting tab and scroll to “public hunting;” email hunt@tpwd.texas.gov or call 512-389-4505.

OCT. 2-3

Texas Outdoor Family: Hands-on basics of camping for those with little or no experience with tent, gear provided, Pedernales Falls State Park. $75 for family of up to six. Call 512-389-8903 or email tofsp@tpwd.texas.gov.

OCT. 15

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department: Online application deadline 11:59 p.m. for E-postcard youth deer, waterfowl and pheasant plus archery exotic, anterless/spike, gun mule deer, private land quail and more. Go to tpwd.texas.gov, click hunting tab and scroll to “public hunting;” email hunt@tpwd.texas.gov or call 512-389-4505.

Item for Outdoors calendar? Email John Goodspeed at john@johngoodspeed.com.